Culturally, shadows easily refers to darkness, to something black and depending of the context, something bad, something that goes wrong.
the idea could be casting a shadow on reality. Or reality could be casting a shadow on the idea
Plato’s theory of the ideal in the cave and the reality; that the shadow is the difference between the concept and what actually is done or created.
the idea could be casting a shadow on reality. Or reality could be casting a shadow on the idea
Plato’s theory of the ideal in the cave and the reality; that the shadow is the difference between the concept and what actually is done or created.